Research Investment

LLS research investment has played a critical role in advancing therapies for blood cancer patients, including targeted and immunotherapies.

As there are no means of preventing or early screening for most blood cancers, the LLS research agenda is focused on finding cures. LLS drives research in areas of unmet medical need and helps to bridge the gap between academic discovery and drug development.

We fund research grants to support every discipline in the blood cancers, and we partner directly with biotechnology companies to accelerate therapies.

$46 million:

LLS commitment to new multi-year research grants in FY 2018.

$1.2 billion+:

Total LLS research investment since our inception.

"Through our commitment to basic and translational research and the new generation of scientists, and our role as a catalyst for collaboration among biotechnology, government and clinical institutions, LLS is doing more than any cancer nonprofit to advance cutting-edge research and cures."

Louis J. DeGennaro, Ph.D., LLS President and CEO

CDP: Career Development Program

Designed to support promising investigators in their developing careers.

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LLS has invested more than $1 billion in research since our inception. Over that time, survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled and even quadrupled. Moreover, we have learned how to cure certain blood cancers. And many therapies first approved for blood cancers are now helping patients with other types of cancers and serious diseases.

But more than one third of blood cancer patients still do not survive five years after their diagnosis. So more funding is needed to advance more research and to ensure access to treatments to help save more lives.

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.